Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23753 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Fieldwalking along the proposed line of the Kirby Cane bypass recovered pottery dating from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Late Saxon, medieval and post medieval period. Bits of post medieval clay pipe, bone and shell were also found. Later metal detecting recovered a 1st or 2nd century AD Roman trumpet brooch.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 37 93 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM39SE |
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| Parish: | KIRBY CANE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Winter 1986 to 1987. Fieldwalking along line of proposed Kirby Cane bypass.
Odd medieval sherds scattered along proposed road line.
Information from [1].
A. Gregory (NAU), 15 June 1987.
June to August 1988. Further finds during bypass construction. Bypass Section C.
One sherd Bronze Age, grog and sand tempered.
Two sherds Iron Age or Early Saxon, one gritty, one grog tempered.
One Roman greyware.
Four Thetford? Ware.
Thirty two medieval unglazed and four glazed.
One late medieval/transitional.
One glazed earthenware.
Six other post medieval.
Clay pipe, animal bone, oyster shell.
(S1) of bypass filed under NHER 24867.
J.A. Davies (NCM), 11 September 1988.
1988. Metal detecting find.
Bow and head trumpet brooch, not enamelled. Developed type with acanthus moulding, mid 1st to 2nd century.
Identified by D. Gurney (NAU).
Information from [1].
A. Rogerson (NAU), 22 November 1988.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CLAY PIPE (SMOKING) (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: Finder's Map.. |
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